Ardreigh House — Athy

Detached three-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey over basement miller's house, extant 1858, on a square plan centred on single-bay two-storey gabled breakfront; four-bay two-storey rear (south) elevation. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Hipped slate roof on a quadrangular plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront), clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks on cut-granite chamfered cushion courses on rendered bases having capping supporting terracotta pots with rendered chimney stacks on axis with ridge having capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging eaves having timber dentil consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls on cut-granite chamfered plinth with rendered monolithic pilasters to corners. Square-headed central door opening in tripartite arrangement approached by flight of three cut-granite steps, cut-granite doorcase with pilasters on padstones supporting beaded cornice on blind frieze on entablature framing glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights. Square-headed door opening into house with timber panelled door. Square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (first floor) with cut-granite sills, timber panelled pilaster mullions, and moulded surround with beaded cornice on blind frieze framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds.